Valve control for radiator drain-cocks



H. BRANDT.

VALVE CONTROL FOR RADIATOR DRAIN COCKS.

APPLICATION FILE-D MAR. s. 1919.

1,347,612. Patented July 27,1920,

UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICE.

HERMAN BRANDT, 0F FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

VALVE CONTROL FOR RADIATOR DRAIN-COCKS.

Application filed March 6,

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HERMAN BRANDT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Forth Worth, in the county of T arrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valve Controls for Radiator Drain-Cocks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to controlling devices for operating the valves of radiator drain cocks and for cleaning the drain cock pipe, and the object is to provide a convenient device by which the drain cock valve can be easily and quickly closed or opened and by which the drain pipe can be cleaned and kept cleaned. Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form apart of this application.

Figure 1 illustrates the device as applied to the radiator cock of a Ford automobile, the cock being in the open position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device detached and shown on an enlarged scale, the position of the device when the cock is closed being shown. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the hanger.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

The invention is shown applied to the valve of a radiator drain cock 8 and includes a clutch 3 formed on a handle 1 which is journaled in a hanger 2. The hanger 2 may be attached to any convenient part of the car frame or fender. A bracket 7 may be formed on the bracket 2 for a lever 6. The clutch 3 may be secured to the handle of the drain cock valve by a rivet A. By means of the handle 1 the cock can be opened or closed without the inconvenience heretofore had in operating such devices. For cleaning the pipe of the drain cock a lever 6 is fulcrumed, in the bracket 7. The bracket 7 forms a guide as well as a fulcrum. The guide will cause a uniform vertical movement of the lever or a movement always in the same plane. A rod 5 is loosely connected to the Specification of Letters Patent.

1919. Serial No. 280,967.

lever 6 and is adapted to run up Within the drain pipe for cleaning the pipe. When the rod is located in the drain pipe, a few rapid oscillations of the lever 6 will cleanse the drain pipe.

The rod 5 normally projects up in the valve casing only to the valve and is held in that position by the weight of the lever handle. \Vhen the valve is opened the rod 5 may slide freely through the valve, but the rod is withdrawn from the valve before the valve is closed.

Various changes in the sizes, proportions, construction of the various parts, and the arrangement may be made without departing from my invention.

What I claim, is,

1. A valve controlling and cleaning device comprising a rocker-shaft provided with a handle and a clutch for engaging a valve handle, a combined hanger and bracket for mounting said shaft on an automobile, a lever fulcrumed in said bracket,

and a rod loosely connected to said lever and adapted to enter a radiator drain pipe.

2. In an automobile provided wlth a radi- Patented July 27, 19 20.

ator drain cock and drain pipe, a hanger attached to the automobile, a bracket formed on said hanger,- a rocker shaft journaled in said hanger and bracketand provided with a clutch for engaging said cock and provided with an operating handle a lever fulcrumed in said bracket, and a rod loosely connected with said lever and adapted to enter said pipe.

3. In an automobile provided with a'radiator drain pipe and a cock therefor, a hanger attached to the automobile and a bracket formed on said hanger, a rockershaft journaled in said hanger and bracket, a clutch on said shaft connected with said cock and an operating handle for said shaft, a lever fulcrumed in said bracket and said bracket having depending guide members for said lever, and a rod loosely connected HERMAN BRANDT. 

